Kent
Solar panels in Sheerness, with the numbers shown.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,980 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sheerness' solar year
PVGIS puts Sheerness at 1,098 kWh per kWp a year, 2% above our Kent county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in July.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 41.2 |
| February | 55.6 |
| March | 93.5 |
| April | 124 |
| May | 131 |
| June | 131 |
| July | 135 |
| August | 119 |
| September | 104 |
| October | 72.9 |
| November | 51 |
| December | 40.2 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Against Great Britain as a whole: Sheerness makes 1,098 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Sheerness is 19% above it.
How Sheerness compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Sheerness. It is one of 44 Kent towns we track, and it ranks 14th of 44 for solar yield, a town of 13,496 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,098 kWh per kWp a year, 3.01 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £973 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £726 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Sheerness' own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Swale is the planning authority covering Sheerness, which the House of Commons Library classes as a small town.
The charger is in the installed price but left out of payback: charging savings depend on your mileage and tariff, which the design call models properly.
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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Sheerness (51.43563, 0.75416), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Who runs the grid in Sheerness
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Sheerness is UK Power Networks, which runs the South East England licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, UK Power Networks only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds UK Power Networks as it does every network operator.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Ofgem, Distributed Generation Standards Direction guidance, checked 27 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Sheerness
A heat pump in Sheerness
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Sheerness make about 1,200 kWh, against 3,280 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Sheerness
From April to September, 68% of a Sheerness roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 860 kWh in July on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
The packages, priced before anyone visits
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Sheerness
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Sheerness as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Sheerness solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Sheerness?
Each kWp of panels in Sheerness makes 1,098 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,980 kWh, from about 260 kWh in December up to 860 kWh in July.
How much are solar panels in Sheerness?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Sheerness before a battery. What Sheerness changes is the return, about 6,980 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Sheerness need approval from the network operator?
Sheerness is on UK Power Networks' network (South East England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds UK Power Networks as it does every network operator. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Sheerness?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Sheerness exports about 6,047 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £726; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Is solar worth it in Sheerness in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Sheerness roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,200 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Sheerness compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Sheerness |
|---|---|---|
| Sheerness | 1,098 | this town |
| Minster | 1,101 | +3 kWh |
| Sittingbourne | 1,073 | −25 kWh |
| Southend-on-Sea | 1,079 | −19 kWh |
| Hoo St Werburgh | 1,057 | −41 kWh |
| Gillingham (Medway) | 1,047 | −51 kWh |
| Canvey Island | 1,079 | −19 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
Also for Sheerness: Solar panels in Sheerness from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Sheerness
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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